Dress Code

SANTIAGO HIGH SCHOOL DRESS CODE

Santiago High School expects that all students will use common sense and good taste in their dress for school.Inappropriate clothing can be distracting, disruptive, and dangerous.Failure to adhere to the standards of dress will result in requiring a change of clothes, detention and/or parent notification.Repeat offenders are considered defiant and will face Saturday School, Suspension and/or referral to an outside agency.Administration will determine the appropriateness of the student’s clothing in accordance with this dress code.Some confiscated items will require pick up by a parent/guardian.

Type of Clothing

What Not to Wear

Shirts

·Tube tops, halters, mesh tops, sheer shirts, undergarments

-skin or belly button cannot show

Pants/Shorts/Skirts & Dresses

·Sagging due to over-sized pant

-underwear/undershorts should not be showing

-rear end should not be exposed

-pants should be worn no lower than the hips

-boys’ shorts may be no longer than 4” below the knee

·Very short and/or very tight shorts, pants, skirts, and dresses

Headgear

·Caps, hats, “doo-rags,” skull caps, hair nets, hoddies & bandanas

-Santiago baseball caps may be worn BUT not during class time.

- ABSOLUTELY NO HEAD GEAR CAN BE WORN DURING CLASS

-Students who need to cover their heads for religious purposes will be allowed to do so with administrative notification and permission.

Non-approved headgear will be confiscated and held until the end of the school year.

Miscellaneous

·Chains attached to belts or wallets, pointed studs and dog collars, safety pins, or anything that may be used or construed as a weapon

The Garden Grove Unified School District is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for all students in admissions and access to the district's educational programs, guidance and counseling programs, athletic programs, testing procedures, and other activities. District programs and activities shall be free from discrimination, including harassment, bullying, and intimidation, on the basis of actual or perceived disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic that is contained in the definition of hate crimes set forth in Section 422.55 of the Penal Code. Discrimination also is prohibited based on a person's association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. The Executive Director, K-12 Educational Services, 10331 Stanford Ave., Garden Grove, CA (714) 663-6143, is the designated, administrative officer of the school district.